Shemariyah Ellis was an electrician, entrepreneur, singer, and “man of valor” in the Kingdom of Yah. He was also a friend of mine.
Rabbi Eliyahu Collins is breathing new life into the last active synagogue in Newark, New Jersey.
With two new congregations led by and for African American and Caribbean Jews, Washington, D.C. is emerging as a center of Black Jewish life in the United States.
After the vote, Rabbis Malchah Netanyahu and Tamar Manasseh were swiftly welcomed to the movement’s board of rabbis in the United States.
A chat with the “prince of kosher gospel” about touring with Neil Young, living on a kibbutz, and his next album.